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Nouveau POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY
POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY
8 November 2007
This posting contains two contributions. Devesh Singh from India asks a question about the protective effect of BCG. Thanks to Uli Fruth from WHO/HQ for providing an answer. The Lancet article to which he refers is surprisingly still available on a p...
POST 01182E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE
Follow-up on Posts 01166E and 01171E
5 November 2007
In response to Vijay Kiran’ contribution, Prabir Chatterjee from India provides the following information. On the same site a would-be interesting link "Disposing Immunization Waste in India" is unavailable b...
Nouveau POST 01180E : WASTE MANAGEMENT
POST 01180E : WASTE MANAGEMENT
2 November 2007
Two documents are now available on-line on the WHO Healthcare Waste Management website.
"WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health care waste".
And the final version of the "International health care waste managem...
POST 01179E : ERADICATION EFFORTS
Follow-up on Post 001174E
31 October 2007
This long contribution is sent by Robert Steinglass from IMMUNIZATIONbasics in the United States.
"Stop the madness!"
Dear Moderator,
Thank you for posting Bob Davis' thoughtful piece. But at the very end, he asks:...
POST 01178E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01138E and 01164E
29 October 2007
This posting has been delayed for some technical questions. It contains three contributions. The first is from Henrique Menezes d’Alva from WHO/Mozambique. The second is from Terkula ben Alagh from Niger...
Nouveau POST 01176E : PIS/PQS
POST 01176E : PIS/PQS 24 October 2007
Dear all,
WHO PQS secretariat is happy to announce official release of the PQS E10 "safety box for the disposal of used sharps" product specifications and verification protocol which were approved by the PQS steering group on 28 September 2007.
The new prod...
POST 01175E : VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO VIRUS 22 October 2007
We wish to draw your attention to the Weekly Epidemiological Report of 28 September 2007 that featured a "Global update on vaccine-derived polioviruses, January 2006 - August 2007"
Since 2000, increasing evidence has affirmed the need for...
POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007
Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion!
Proof of concept for four eradication efforts:
malaria, smallpox, polio, and measles
MALARIA
The 1955 decision by WHO's g...
POST 01173E : MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE 17 October 2007
Early findings from a malaria vaccine trial among African infants are promising, based on a research article published today Oct 17. In a double-blind trial of 214 infants in Mozambique, the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS02D was found to be both ...
POST 01171E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE
Follow-up on Post 01166E
14 October 2007
[log in to unmask]">Vijay Kiran from India contributes the following comments raising again an important issue of disposal. We have discussed sharps disposal many times before, as recently as June and July 2007 (Posts...
Nouveau POST 01167E : PIS/PQS
POST 01167E : PIS/PQS
Follow-up on Post 01040E
5 October 2007
WHO PQS secretariat is happy to announce the official release of PQS E01 and PQS E03 product specifications and verification protocols which were approved by the PQS steering group on 14 September 2007.
With the approval of PQS E01 ...
POST 01166E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE 3 October 2007
Carib Nelson from PATH is sending you the summary of the following report "Evaluation of a Retractable Syringe in South Africa". As said in his message, the full report is available upon request.
NOTE :
The "posting" sub-page of our website will...
POST 01165E : VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES : YOUR OPINION
1st October 2007
Craig Shapiro from WHO requests your opinion. Documents are attached as they are rather small in size. The deadline is short by the end of this week, so you must react fast.
NOTE:
Feedback requested by Friday, October...
POST 01164E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Post 01138E
30 September 2007
The following contribution comes from Femi Odegbami from Nigeria
Dear Moderator and TechNet21 readers,
I would like to thank to Dr Asfar and Dr Kartoglu for this important document. Naturally this publication ...
POST 01162E : NEEDLE REMOVER ASSESSMENT 26 September 2007
It is Guyana’s turn to publish a needle removers’ assessment (865K). It was sent by Nicole Dupré of Initiatives Inc., and forwarded with very positive comments by James Cheyne and Carib Nelson both from PATH..
I think this may be the br...
POST 01161E : MEASLES VACCINATION AND BHS
Follow-up on Post 01154E
23 September 2007
The following comment is from Anthony Battersby from the United Kingdom. I make further comments on this issue below.
Do not even think of selecting measles immunisation as a proxy for access to basic health...
POST 01160E : QUESTIONS ON CCM CARDS
Follow-up on Post 01155E
29 september 2007
The following contribution is from Ümit Kartoglu from WHO in response to Nihal Babalioglu’s request. I apologize to Nihal for having addressed her as him...
Dear Dr Babalioglu,
I am not clear whether this is a t...
POST 01158E : VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN
17 September 2007
The following article describes the use of an out-of-the-cold-chain immunization strategy to improve the timeliness of the HB birth dose in rural China. It showed a large improvement in the ability to reach newborns within 24 hours of...
POST 01157E : VACCINATION IN SCHOOLS : REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
14 September 2007
The following request comes from Jhilmil Bahl from WHO. You are invited to share the information with the forum too. It may interest many other members.
We (in WHO/IVB) have been trying to collect data on countri...
POST 01155E : QUESTIONS ON CCM CARDS 8 September 2007
The following questions come from Nihal Babalioglu presumably from Turkey. Please relpy directly to him with copy to Technet
I would appreciate if I can get the answers to my questions as soon as possible.
1.) Ideally, how many vaccine col...
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